There is a MOUNTAIN of evidence that far greater atrocities are going on in North Korea than have ever even been alleged were happening in Libya. What's been alleged in Libya can hardly be called an atrocity by comparison to North Korea.Ian wrote:There's more evidence out there...FBM wrote:Heh. The president of the ICC court right now is a S. Korean.
And there are no Chinese in the ICC court, either. But the problem may be lack of compelling evidence that atrocities are actually going on and that he's behind them. There are allegations by NK defectors, but not much else, as far as I know.
Anyway, the North can just ignore it even though it can be made obvious. The evidence that it was a North Korean sub that torpedoed the Cheonan last year was pretty overwhelming, but they still haven't admitted it. Kim Jong-Il can stay in Pyongyang, listen to whatever the world wants to say and hear about whatever warrants the ICC issues, and effectively reply, "Okay, so what're you gonna do about it?" And the rest of the world can't do squat about his government or for the North Korean people without risking an incredibly destructive war.
ICC arrest warrant for Gadhafi: crimes against humanity
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I'd guess that you're right, Orwellian. Problem is getting an international consensus on doing something to stop it. Very different political environment over here than in the Middle East or North Africa. It's been a tough nut to crack since the end of WWII.
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